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Question: RPKM to FPKM conversion
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4.9 years ago by
kanwarjag • 1.1k
United States
kanwarjag • 1.1k wrote:

I have RNAseq data as RPKM values (tumor vs normal)  since data is paired end how could I convert to FPKM values. 

Thanks

 
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modified 4.9 years ago by michael.ante • 3.6k • written 4.9 years ago by kanwarjag • 1.1k
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You may/should not convert RPKM to FPKM. You need to recalculate FPKM from BAM file. As suggested below, if you just divide by 2, they wont be true FPKM values as you do not knowif there are any read-pairs with only one-end mapped. And if there are many read pairs like that your FPKM value might not be true.

ADD REPLY • link modified 2.3 years ago by _r_am ♦ 32k • written 4.9 years ago by geek_y ♦ 11k

Thanks for the explanation

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4.9 years ago by
michael.ante • 3.6k
Austria/Vienna
michael.ante • 3.6k wrote:

In case of single end data, RPKM=FPKM (Reads per kilobase per million reads and Fragments per kilobase per million reads).

In case of paired end data, you have for every read-pair one fragment. Thus, divide the RPKM by two.
ADD COMMENT • link modified 2.3 years ago by _r_am ♦ 32k • written 4.9 years ago by michael.ante • 3.6k

very naive clarification should it be tumor RPKM/2 - normal RPKM/2

or it should be tumor RPKM-normal RPKM = X/2

ADD REPLY • link modified 2.3 years ago by _r_am ♦ 32k • written 4.9 years ago by kanwarjag • 1.1k

If you are looking at the ratios/fold-changes, it doesn't matter. The factor 2 is cancelled:

4:1 == 2:0.5
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got it 

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